Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1949, Ambrose Dudly, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Dudley Ambrose or Dudley
S 1949
Born in N.C.
Carded
CONTENTS

7379 West Tennessee
Ambrose Dugay
of Carolina /s in the State of W T who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Haco of the Regt commanded by Col Sharpe in the N.W. Carol une for 1 year
Date of death not on a B
Ambrose Dugay Records corrected Nov 25 Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of April 1833 and sent to Edward Gwin, Huntingdon
Arrears to the 14th of March 80.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 20.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 76

Ambrose Dudley
Tennessee
from 1781 private 1 year, $40.
Edward Gwin Huntingdon Tenn

BRIEF in the case of  Ambrose Dudley  of Caroline County in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
drafted     Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     in In 1781 or 2 6 Major Griffin - Capt. Hall   revived again 6 Col. Sharpe  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? skirmish at Rockfish bridge  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? lived near the line between the counties of Roanoke & Caroline  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John R. Houston
Examining Clerk.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of The act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of Tennessee, Suptn Superior 1832 of the Carroll County State of Pleas & Quarter Sessions On this day the 12 th of September 1832, person- ally appeared in open Court John Brooke aged 72 years a resident citizen of said County who after being sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
States that shortly after the battle of Guilford in the year 1781 or 1782 he was drafted for a term of six months in the county of Ashe under Capt William Hall and recollect that who commanded the Regt but that Major Griffin had a command they were stationed in different places in the counties of in Duplin & Wayne on the Neuse River at Longfield Core's a little place called Kingston, and Portsmouth had a skirmish with the British commanded by Major Craig at Rockford bridge, when Captain Hall was wounded & taken prisoner from that place they were  rendezvoused at  the  at Goshen & from that place, marched to Kingston when they were disch- arged,
In the states that after his return home he was some four or five months, he was again drafted for a term of six months he can not recollect the name of the Captain, but it was in the regiment commanded by Col Sharpe & some times by Col Moody he does not recollect when he was mustered into service as he lived near the line between the counties of Nash & Wake, states that in this term he was in no engagement, but was marched about to different points in that part of the state as the service of the country required

He further states that during his services he was never marched out of the state, as he recollects. He further states that he has no documentary evidence to establish his services , nor does he know of any living wit- ness by whom he could establish the same.
Question, When & in what year were you born.
Answer, I was born in S. Carolina on New River at the place where I was born in the year 1760, March 15 th .
Question, Have you any record of your age & if so, where is it.
Answer, I had but it was lost.
Question, When were you living when called into service, when have you lived since the war & when do you now live.
Answer, I lived then in Ash County, S. Carolina. From there I lived in South Caro- lina, Greenville & Pendleton districts. Then moved to Kentucky where I lived fifteen or sixteen years, then I moved to this county ten years since when he now lives.
Question, Where have you been when you called in to service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute if so for whom.
Answer, I was drafted for both forces which I served.
Question, State the names of some of the reg- ular officers who were with the troops with whom you served, such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service also, I was not attached to any the regular army during my service, nor did I become acqu- ainted with any regular officer, I have always lived with small detachments, I had no higher officer than a Col. to command us.

I was stationed at different places during my services in the counties of Johnston Duplin & Neayne that he recollects a per- haps we have the  last  time and in only one skirmish which took place at Rock Fish bridge with the British under Major in Aug 1781 or 82  General  Clinton , some when about thirty miles from Wilmington that the British then had possession of that town  place , that in that skirmish the Americans had to retreat, Capt Hall who commanded the company in which he drafted was taken prisoner, wounded to Wilmington.
Question Did you ever receive a discharge by whom was it given & what has become of it? Answer. I think Chap. Griffin gave me a discharge can't recollect what has become of it as he has not seen it for forty years.
distinction. That the names of persons in your neighborhood - or a few who can testify as to your reputation standing within the last in your own tutelage & services.
As soon as we have a quantity in the
They have know me for the a long time for the states that he has never recd any thing whatever for his services either in the way of pay or pensions and hereby as his guardian all claim to any annuity except the present and that his name is not on the pension roll of any state
sworn to Rules cited in
Open Court this 12 th day of
September 1832. Edward Griffin Clerk
Embrace Dudley D clerk
We George Brinker A.S.S. Vice Pres. residing in the county of Carroll, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the embrace

Dudley who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be a age of seventy two as he represents, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to be a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & Subscribed in Open Court this 12 th day of September 1832
Edward Gwin Clerk
J. Barker John S. [unintelligible]
And the said court do hereby certify their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after the pulling of the interrogatories specified by the war department that the above named Ambrose Dudley was a revolutionary soldier as he states. And the court further certifies that the above named who have sworn to & subscribed the above certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit.
Sam l Ingram Chm of Carroll County court Henry Wright Jas. [unintelligible] Wilson Lightfoot. [unintelligible]
State of Tennessee Carroll County I Edward Gwin Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter sessions in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matters of the application of Ambrose Dudley for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I here unto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at office in Huntingdon this 12 th day of September A.D. 1832
Edward Gwin Clerk
11591
James [unintelligible]

November 9, 1938
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Annie Dudley 825 Broadway Nashville, Tennessee
AMBROSE DUDLY S. 1949 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Ambrose Dudley who served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia.
You are furnished herein the record of the only Ambrose Dudley or Dudly found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from pension claim, S. 1949, based upon his service in that war.
Ambrose Dudly (as soldier signed) was born March 15, 1760, on New River in North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Ashe County, North Carolina Ambrose Dudly enlisted in 1781 or 1782 for a tour of six months, served as a private in Captain William Hall's company in the North Carolina troops, was in a skirmish at Rockfish Bridge in which the Americans had to retreat and was discharged at Kingston. After remaining at home four or five months, he again enlisted for a tour of six months which he served in Colonels Sharpe's and Woods' North Carolina regiment.
After the war the soldier lived in Greenville and Pendleton Districts in South Carolina, then moved to Kentucky where he lived fifteen or sixteen years and about 1822 moved to Carroll County, Tennessee.
Ambrose Dudly was allowed pension on his application executed September 12, 1832, while a resident of Carroll County, Tennessee.
It is not stated whether the soldier ever married.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of the soldier,

you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Ambrose Dudley Certificate #7379 Issued April 6, 1833 Rate, $40 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1938, Nov. 9 - Stick to Annie Dudley 1720
Rev War
1949
✓ INVALID.
File No. 1949 Ambrose Dudley Det. N. G. line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Ambrose Dudley Records corrected Nov. 9/38

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veteran's Administration Washington, D. C.

825 Broadway Nashville, Tenn.
Oct. 3, 1938
Gentlemen:
I am interested in establishing the war record of my great-grandfather, Ambrose Dudley. He was an officer in the Revolutionary War. We believe he enlisted in Virginia. If you have any information about him I will appreciate your sending it to me. It is for the purpose of joining the D. A. R. that I desire this information.
Yours very truly, Annie Dudley

11.594
Caroline County
Jenny
Ambrose Dudley

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ambrose Dudley which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Citizens only XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? authenticated XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? answered
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.